Genshin Impact’s next update brings a feature gamers have been waiting for since launch

One of the things that makes the Genshin Impact open-world animated RPG so popular is that it records your progress between gaming sessions on PC, Android, and iOS. This makes its adventure seamless no matter where you play … with the notable exception of console gamers on PS4 and PS5. Starting with version 2.0, PlayStation players will finally be able to play the same character and save files across all platforms.

Genshin developer MiHoYo detailed the complex system for interfacing with the PlayStation Network on his blog. It’s more complicated than it first appears. If you already have a game running on your PC and / or Android and / or iOS with your Mihoyo login email, but have not yet played the game on your PlayStation, you will need to log into the game on your console with said email and account progress. If you backtrack and want to sync your progress on PlayStation with accounts on your PC or mobile device, you will need to use a new MiHoYo account. Oh, and synchronized progress across all three server groups (Americas, Europe, Asia) is not supported.

Read the instructions carefully. It’s a bit of a mess.

PlayStation cross-save will land with the latest expansion, “The Immovable God and the Eternal Euthymia”. It just rolls on the tongue, doesn’t it? The release date for new features and the new region of the game is set for July 21. There is still no word on a release date for the Nintendo Switch version of the game.